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Attendance benefit and increased attendance benefit

Translated: translated from the Norwegian original with the help of a language model, and may contain errors. The Norwegian version is the authoritative one. See the Norwegian original →

Financial support for children or adults who need long-term, private nursing and supervision. Increased attendance benefit is for children with substantially greater needs.

Norwegian original last checked against official sources: 14 October 2026. Rules and figures change, so always check the official site before you act.

Attendance benefit (hjelpestønad) is financial support for you who need long-term private nursing and supervision due to illness, injury or disability, and who receive that help from family, neighbours or other private individuals. Both children and adults can get it.

Who can get attendance benefit?

According to NAV, you must, among other things:

need nursing and supervision for two to three years or more,
get that help from private individuals, not from the municipality or an institution,
be a member of the National Insurance Scheme.

For children, the benefit is paid to the parents or legal guardian. Adults over 18 receive it directly into their own account.

Increased attendance benefit

For children under 18, there may be a right to increased attendance benefit. This requires that the need for nursing and supervision is substantially greater than ordinary attendance benefit can cover, and that the benefit helps the child be able to live at home. NAV has three rates for increased attendance benefit, and the child can get it even if they don't live at home all the time, as long as parents, foster parents or other close relations provide the necessary supervision and nursing.

Rates

According to NAV, these rates apply from 1 January 2024, unchanged in 2025 and 2026:

Attendance benefit (rate 1): NOK 16,152 a year (NOK 1,346 a month)
Increased attendance benefit rate 2: NOK 32,304 a year (NOK 2,692 a month)
Rate 3: NOK 64,608 a year (NOK 5,384 a month)
Rate 4: NOK 96,912 a year (NOK 8,076 a month)

With rate 3 or 4, one of the parents automatically receives pension points.

When the need changes

According to NAV, you must report it if the need for attendance benefit changes, and NAV reassesses the benefit every three years. If you think your child now needs substantially more nursing and supervision than when the decision was made, you can report a change or apply for increased attendance benefit at nav.no. If you are unsure which route applies, call NAV.

How to apply

You apply digitally at nav.no and state which doctor is treating the person concerned. NAV stated on 21 September 2026 a processing time of around four months. The rates are adjusted and stated on NAV's site.

If you are refused

You can complain. The deadline is stated in the decision. Read Complain about a NAV decision.

Tip: Describe in the application, very specifically, what the nursing and supervision involves on a normal day, and how often. Attendance benefit often goes together with basic benefit and assistive technology. If you have child insurance, a decision on attendance benefit may also give a payout from it. Read child insurance when your child gets a diagnosis or attendance benefit.

NAV. In need of care due to illness or injury (Norwegian) →

Sources

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This page is translated from Norwegian with the help of a language model, and may contain errors. The Norwegian version is always the authoritative one.